HAMILTON — Most of the Mercer County American Legion League’s district tournament-bound baseball teams will use the final week of the regular season for preparation.

Some are sure to still be jockeying for position, but after Bordentown Post 26 clinched its second straight league crown by sweeping Princeton Post 218 Saturday, many of its closest competitors will be trying to prepare for what lies ahead.

Broad Street Park Post 313 and Robbinsville Post 530 knew that when they met Sunday at Nottingham High, and both came away seeing things they will need to remember.

The most positive thing Post 313 saw was a come-from-behind, 6-4 win. After dropping three of its last five games, that was a refreshing turn for Broad Street Park.

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After surrendering three runs to Post 530 right off the bat, Post 313 scored all of its runs between the third and fifth innings, displaying the spunk it had shown earlier in the season when it got off to a 6-1 start.

“We came out wanting to play and win today,” BSP catcher Ross Talbot said. “We wanted to come to play and hopefully get a better seed in districts.”

Talbot came up with the biggest hit when he delivered a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the fifth to put the home team in front for the first time.

“I was just trying to hit something as hard as I could,” said Talbot, who will be a senior at Hamilton High in the fall. “(Robbinsville pitcher Anthony DeChiara) hung a curveball and I wasn’t fooled.”

Talbot sent the ball into left-center field to chase home Danny Garcia and Gerry Gomez to break up a tie game. Gomez had singled ahead of him to knot the score at 4-4 before a wild pitch allowed the runners to advance.

Post 530 saw the game turn from its favor in the fourth inning. After Jordan Mucha put BSP on the board with an RBI single in the third, the fourth inning got touchy when Nick Leona swung at a third strike, which bounced in the dirt. With Gomez on second base after a walk and sacrifice bunt by Talbot, Leona took off for first base, not sure if he had been signalled out.

He continued to first base as Post 530 manager Ryan Pandolfini and the umpires tried to figure out if a call had been made. Much to Pandolfini’s dismay, Leona was awarded first base and the inning continued.

Lou Potts followed with a single to right field, then Tino Malave hit into a fielder’s choice as Gomez scored. When Malave and Leona tried a delayed double steal, Leona crossed the plate with Post 313’s third run before Malave was tagged out in a rundown.

“We started off hot, but then we lost our focus,” Robbinsville catcher C.J. Gearhart said. “We had a couple errors, and they found some holes.”

A walk to Tom McKiernan, an error on a sacrifice bunt by DeChiara and a two-run double by Gearhart got Post 530 off on the right foot. When Broad Street starter John Lansing walked Nick Sale and Ryan Krebs, then Steve Alpaugh beat out an infield hit, Robbinsville’s lead grew to 3-0.

But Lansing, who went the distance, would only allow one other hit on the day (an RBI single by Nick Septak which scored Tyler Gafgen in the top of the fourth), while walking four and striking out six.

Lansing retired the last 11 Post 530 batters he faced to hand the visitors their third consecutive defeat.

“It would’ve been nice to win because we are trying to get the best seed we can for districts,” said Gearhart, who will be a sophomore at Rider University in the fall. “We’ve played well, but there are still things we can do better.”

The thinking is the same for any of the MCALL’s district-bound teams as they prep for the postseason, which begins Saturday.